Ella Fallen’s Masterclass Not Quite Enough as No. 1 CNU Field Hockey Falls to No. 6 Middlebury, 1-0, in Rain-Soaked Overtime Thriller

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Unfazed by the effects of a nor’easter, Ella Fallen weathered the storm and pieced together the finest performance of her career while establishing a new personal standard with 12 saves, but the top-ranked Christopher Newport field hockey team could not quite capitalize on those efforts as No. 6 Middlebury survived an overtime thriller and walked away with a 1-0 victory on Sunday afternoon at Harvard’s Berylson Field. Playing through a steady rain and a driving windstorm that forced the postponement or cancellation of nearly 20 collegiate field hockey games over the weekend, Fallen handled the elements and…